Senior Analytics Engineer

Senior Analytics Engineer | Competitive Salary | Hybrid – GlasgowWe are working with a growing SaaS business where data is becoming a much bigger part of the product and wider business strategy.They are now looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer to take ownership of the layer between their data platform and the people using that data across reporting, analytics and AI.This isn’t a role focused purely on building dashboards. You will be working on the underlying models, metrics and standards that make data reliable and useful across the organisation.What you will be doingBuild and own the semantic layerDesign and maintain well-structured semantic models and datasetsDevelop business-ready data models using Kimball and star-schema principlesMake sure key metrics and definitions are consistent across the businessWork closely with the existing Data Engineering team to make the most of the underlying data platformDevelop analytics solutionsWrite and optimise complex SQLBuild Power BI datasets, DAX measures and modelsTurn business requirements into practical analytical solutionsLook for ways to move the business away from one-off reporting and towards self-service analyticsImprove how data is usedIdentify repetitive reporting and analytical tasks that could be automatedBuild solutions that reduce manual effort and improve consistencyUse tools such as Power Automate where they add real valueHelp establish better standards around documentation, data quality and governanceSupport the next stage of AI and analyticsAI is becoming an increasingly important part of the organisation's data strategy, so you'll also have the opportunity to help prepare the data environment for things such as Copilot, AI agents and natural-language analytics.That includes making sure models have the right business context, definitions and metadata, while being comfortable using AI tools yourself and, importantly, knowing when to challenge and validate what they produce.Provide technical leadershipSet good practice around analytics engineering and data modellingMentor other members of the data and analytics teamWork with Data Engineering, Product and Commercial stakeholdersHelp shape the longer-term approach to analytics across the organisationWhat we are looking forYou’ll probably come from an Analytics Engineering, BI Development, Data Modelling or similar background, with strong experience working with data beyond simply producing reports.You’ll have:Strong SQL skills, including query optimisationSolid experience with Power BI, DAX, M Query and data modellingA good understanding of semantic models, star schemas and Kimball methodologyExperience creating trusted, governed data models and metricsAn understanding of data quality, lineage and documentationExperience automating manual reporting or analytical processesThe ability to take a business problem and turn it into a sensible data solutionA practical approach to using AI tools, with the judgement to validate outputs before they make their way into productionIt would be useful if you also haveExperience with Copilot, AI agents or natural-language analyticsExperience working with procurement, spend, supplier or other complex master-data environmentsExperience mentoring or leading other analysts or Analytics EngineersExposure to Power Automate or similar workflow automation toolsWhy this role?This is a chance to have a genuine influence on how a growing SaaS business uses data.You’ll be joining a capable Data Engineering function rather than being expected to do everything yourself, and you’ll have the opportunity to shape the models, metrics and standards that sit underneath the organisation’s reporting and analytics.There’s also a real opportunity to help define how AI fits into the data landscape, rather than simply being asked to use the latest AI tool because everyone else is.If you enjoy solving data problems properly, building things that other people can rely on, and having a say in how analytics should work, this could be a very interesting next step.Interested?Get in touch to find out more about the role, the business and what they’re looking to build.